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UK BREXIT

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2019
Despite Brexit, I'm still proud to be a Brit
Britain can take real pride that a messy, fraught, passionate struggle over a fundamental principle of democratic and civic life is taking place within it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
Don't hijack Brexit, British trade minister warns Parliament
Parliament can't be allowed to hijack Brexit, Trade Minister Liam Fox said in a warning to lawmakers who want to take more control over Britain's departure from the European Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2019
Theresa May's Brexit plan isn't dead yet
In the end, the British prime minister's rejected agreement might seem marginally less unpalatable than, and the only alternative to, a hard Brexit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2019
May gropes for Brexit consensus after deal's crushing defeat in Parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May was trying to forge consensus in Parliament on a Brexit divorce agreement on Wednesday after the crushing defeat of her own deal left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray 10 weeks before it is due to leave.
EDITORIALS
Jan 16, 2019
Another historic vote on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May has struggled to find a consensus that would allow Brexit to proceed. The failure is not hers, but that of the entire British political class.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2019
May's humbling offers a glimmer of hope
There was not much meaningful about Tuesday's Brexit vote, but at least the prime minister is now finally promising to build consensus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2019
EU expresses horror at Brexit vote but refuses to reopen deal
The European Union said it was horrified by the massive scale of the U.K. Parliament defeat of the Brexit deal agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May but said there was no option to renegotiate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2019
May warns it would be 'catastrophic' for U.K. democracy if Parliament halts Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers Sunday that failing to deliver Brexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea for support two days before Parliament is expected to reject her deal with Brussels.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2019
Brexit: A cultural morphology
How the deep forces of British history, from royalism and classism to nationalism and imperialism, combined to trigger the Brexit moment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2019
Angry, abusive protests bring Britain's Brexit divide to Parliament's doorstep
Some protesters wrap themselves in the flag of the European Union and noisily interrupt politicians' television appearances. Others yell "Nazi" and "traitor."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2019
U.K. government defeated in vote; lawmakers create new obstacle to no-deal Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May's government suffered a defeat in Parliament on Tuesday when lawmakers who oppose leaving the European Union without an accord won a vote that created a new obstacle to a no-deal Brexit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 9, 2019
For Japan, the fear is real that May's Brexit deal will get shot down
Prime Minister Abe will tell Theresa May that Japan has a lot riding on Brexit when he meets with her mere days before Parliament votes on her EU divorce plan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2019
Britain stages mass truck jam as practice for chaotic no-deal Brexit
Like a military operation, the project to test how traffic might flow around southeast England in the event of a no-deal Brexit started before dawn. And like many a military operation, it ran into trouble soon after making contact with reality.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2019
Poll of over 25,000 Britons finds more would now vote to stay in EU, want second referendum
More Britons want to their country to remain a member of the European Union than leave, according to a survey published Sunday which also showed voters want to make the final decision themselves.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2019
Politics, economics and carbon in 2019
As 2019 begins, leaders must focus on bread-and-butter domestic issues, while moving toward more flexible and decentralized political models capable of governing diverse populations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 2019 Outlook
Jan 2, 2019
Economic outlook for 2019: More uncertainty for Japan's economy amid planned tax rise and global slowdown
While it is not known which events will hold back global commerce, professional economic soothsayers appear in agreement that growing risks and uncertainty will slow Japan's growth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2019
Top world news of 2018
The Japan Times newsroom selected the following world news stories as the most important of 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018
For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling
Behind the luxury hotels lining London's Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain's famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 22, 2018
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he would seek to renegotiate Brexit terms if he won snap election
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will push ahead with Brexit and seek to renegotiate the terms if he wins a snap election next year, he said Saturday, in a blow to party supporters who want a second referendum.
Japanese stocks fall almost 6% just days after shock rate rise
The Nikkei 225 fell more than 2,000 points on Friday, capping a volatile week in the financial markets.
An ideal AC temperature for sleep? Science says yes ... and no.
Temperatures are soaring across Japan, making getting to sleep at night a constant battle between your body and the right setting for your air conditioner to help you nod off.
IOC addresses boxing controversy at Paris Olympics
Algeria's Imane Khelif walks to the ring for her bout against Italy's Angela Carini during the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Social media trolls beware: Olympic athletes have had enough
Members of the Romanian Olympic women's gymnastics team check their smartphones during a training session early last month.
Government reveals 25 offshore active faults on country's Sea of Japan side
Road signs are tilted over a road damaged by the New Year's Day earthquake in Nishiaraya, Ishikawa Prefecture. A new report, part of a long-term assessment, was swiftly drawn up in response to the 7.6-magnitude quake that struck the Noto Peninsula area, so that coastal municipalities can improve their disaster reduction measures.
An ideal AC temperature for sleep? Science says yes ... and no.
Temperatures are soaring across Japan, making getting to sleep at night a constant battle between your body and the right setting for your air conditioner to help you nod off.
Social media trolls beware: Olympic athletes have had enough
Members of the Romanian Olympic women's gymnastics team check their smartphones during a training session early last month.
Summer sumo tour may be tough for wrestlers, but it's a boon for fans
An event that was part of a regional sumo tour in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, in April 2019.
Koshien at 100: 'Sacred' dirt, the Hanshin Tigers and a storied high school tourney
The front facade at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The stadium, widely regarded as the spiritual home of Japanese baseball, turns 100 on Thursday.
Japan experienced its hottest July on record
People cross a street in Tokyo's Harajuku district on Wednesday. In July, the deviation from the average temperature between 1991 and 2020 — a period when warming was already well underway — was 2.16 degrees Celsius.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
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